2015–16 VfL Bochum season

The 2015–16 VfL Bochum season is the 78th season in club history.

VfL Bochum

2015–16 season
Chairman	Hans-Peter Villis
Manager	Gertjan Verbeek
Stadium	rewirpowerSTADION
2. Bundesliga	5th
DFB-Pokal	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Terodde (25) All: Terodde (28)
Highest home attendance	27,561 (vs Fortuna Düsseldorf, 18 September 2015)
Lowest home attendance	11,479 (vs SC Paderborn 07, 11 December 2015)
Average home league attendance	17,994
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Review and events

Simon Terodde set a new record for the number of 2. Bundesliga goals for the club. After Terodde tied Peter Peschel's old record of 28 goals on 27 February 2016 against SV Sandhausen, he broke it on 1 March 2016 with his goal against Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Matches

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly matches

20 June 2015 Friendly	Hattingen-Selection	0 – 6	VfL Bochum	Hattingen
18:30		[1]	Terodde  11' Fabian  39' Gulden  59' Rafael  65', 84' Maria  77'	Stadium: TuS-Platzanlage Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Dennis Melsa (Gevelsberg)

24 June 2015 Friendly	SV Blau-Weiß Weitmar 09	0 – 18	VfL Bochum	Bochum
18:30		[2]	Bulut  6', 14' Terodde  8', 17', 26' Haberer  24', 40' Terrazzino  30' Gregoritsch  32' Bastians  38' Sağlam  51', 58' Rafael  53', 75' Ćwielong  67' Maria  71', 90' Gulden  86'	Stadium: Erbstollen Arena Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Holger Danielsiek

27 June 2015 Friendly	TSG Dülmen	0 – 11	VfL Bochum	Dülmen
18:30		[3]	Losilla  10' Maria  12', 45' Terodde  13', 29' Haberer  35' Rafael  47', 60', 73' Gül  54' Ćwielong  67'	Stadium: TSG Stadion

1 July 2015 Friendly	SC Preußen Münster	2 – 2	VfL Bochum	Billerbeck
19:00	A. Sağlam  48' Piossek  51'	[4]	Terodde  36' Rafael  74'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Helker Berg Referee: Sören Storks (Velen)

4 July 2015 Friendly	VfL Bochum	3 – 1	Waasland-Beveren	Herne
16:00	Terodde  15' Terrazzino  18' Pavlidis  57'	[5]	Sawaneh  85'	Stadium: ABISOL-ARENA Referee: Benjamin Bläser (Niederzier)

8 July 2015 Friendly	P.A.O.K.	3 – 4	VfL Bochum	Arnhem
16:30	Pereyra  8', 11' Kitsiou  45'	[6]	Costa  10' (o.g.) Hoogland  32' Vítor  42' (o.g.) Gregoritsch  65'	Stadium: Sportpark Schuytgraaf

11 July 2015 Friendly	MSV Duisburg	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
18:30	Janjić  70' (pen.)	[7]	Haberer  22' Gregoritsch  37'	Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

14 July 2015 Friendly	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Oberhausen
19:00		[8]	Terodde  30' Bulut  71'	Stadium: Niederrheinstadion Attendance: 816 Referee: Sven Waschitzki (Essen)

15 July 2015 Friendly	Heracles Almelo	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Billerbeck
17:00	Tannane  45' (pen.)	[9]	Rafael  90'	Stadium: Sportzentrum Helker Berg Attendance: 0 Referee: Benjamin Börner

17 July 2015 Friendly	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Borussia Dortmund	Bochum
20:00	Terrazzino  33' Hoogland  59'	[10]	Dusziak  80'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Sören Storks (Velen)

21 July 2015 Friendly	Sparta Rotterdam	3 – 2	VfL Bochum	Rosendahl
17:00	Brogno  14' van Moorsel  25' Dogan  84'	[11]	Pavlidis  46' Ćwielong  79' (pen.)	Stadium: Turo-Stadion Attendance: 0

27 July 2015 Friendly	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	Sportfreunde Baumberg	Bochum
18:00	Rafael  52', 68' Sağlam  65'	[12]		Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am rewirpowerSTADION Referee: Florian Exner (Beelen)

2 August 2015 Friendly	VfL Bochum	6 – 0	SG Wattenscheid 09	Bochum
11:00	Rafael  17', 39', 67', 68' Ćwielong  52' Kader  71'	[13]		Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am rewirpowerSTADION

16 August 2015 Friendly	VfL Bochum	6 – 0	TSV Marl-Hüls	Bochum
11:00	Mlapa  2' Wijnaldum  17' Rafael  22' Ćwielong  63', 90' Cacutalua  85'	[14]		Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 100

24 August 2015 Friendly	SC Westfalia Herne	0 – 3	VfL Bochum	Herne
18:00		[15]	Sağlam  72' Šimůnek  75' Ćwielong  82'	Stadium: ABISOL-ARENA

3 September 2015 Friendly	Concordia Wiemelhausen	0 – 4	VfL Bochum	Bochum
18:30		[16]	Gül  53' Haberer  70', 90' Bulut  77'	Stadium: Erbstollen Arena Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jens Jeromin (Bochum)

12 September 2015 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	Sportfreunde Lotte	Bochum
12:00	Šimůnek  26'	[17]		Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am rewirpowerSTADION

26 September 2015 Friendly	VfL Bochum	6 – 0	Achilles '29	Bochum
11:00	Rafael  4', 39' Maria  34' Novikovas  54' Pavlidis  80' Ćwielong  86'	[18]		Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 150 Referee: Sven Waschitzki (Essen)

8 October 2015 Friendly	1. FC Köln	0 – 3	VfL Bochum	Cologne
15:00		[19]	Ćwielong  44' (pen.) Rafael  70' Gündüz  77'	Stadium: Franz-Kremer-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

19 October 2015 Friendly	VfL Bochum	7 – 0	KFC Uerdingen 05	Bochum
12:00	Weis  23' Eisfeld  39', 77', 81' Kader  60' Ćwielong  68', 90'	[20]		Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am rewirpowerSTADION Referee: Markus Wollenweber (Mönchengladbach)

7 November 2015 Friendly	VfL Bochum	4 – 1	1. FC Köln II	Bochum
12:00	Novikovas  56' Gül  57' Ćwielong  62' Pavlidis  79'	[21]	Bors  31' (pen.)	Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 100 Referee: Florian Exner (Beelen)

12 November 2015 Friendly	SC Preußen Münster	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Münster
15:00		[22]		Stadium: Preußenstadion Attendance: 421 Referee: Sören Storks (Velen)

21 November 2015 Friendly	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Alemannia Aachen	Bochum
12:00	Eisfeld  60' Rafael  67' (pen.)	[23]	Ito  29'	Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 0 Referee: Bastian Börner (Dortmund)

28 November 2015 Friendly	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	Bochum
11:00	Maria  41' Eisfeld  85'	[24]	Ndenge  2'	Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am rewirpowerSTADION Referee: Sven Waschitzki (Essen)

10 January 2016 Friendly	VfL Bochum	0 – 0	VfB Stuttgart	Belek
15:30		[25]		Stadium: Platzanlage des Riu Kaya Palazzo

13 January 2016 Friendly	VfL Bochum	4 – 1	Hertha BSC	Belek
19:00	Mlapa  49', 75' Sağlam  58' Novikovas  60'	[26]	Baumjohann  6'	Stadium: Gloria-Arena

16 January 2016 Friendly	VfL Bochum	5 – 2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Bochum
16:00	Haberer  25' Terodde  56', 64', 70' Eisfeld  82'	[27]	Traoré  19' Stindl  41'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 5,677 Referee: Sven Waschitzki (Essen)

19 January 2016 Friendly	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1 – 2	VfL Bochum	Leverkusen
15:00	Mehmedi  54'	[28]	Losilla  15' Novikovas  89'	Stadium: Ulrich-Haberland-Stadion Attendance: 825 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

23 January 2016 Friendly	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	FC Schalke 04 II	Bochum
13:00	Eisfeld  82'	[29]	Platte  70' Öztürk  74'	Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 0

24 March 2016 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
16:00	Demirbay  7' Bebou  20' Kinjo  90'	[30]		Stadium: Bezirkssportanlage Garath Referee: Benjamin Bläser (Niederzier)

3 April 2016 Friendly	VfL Bochum	5 – 3	FC Kray	Bochum
11:00	Hoogland  5' Novikovas  13', 74' Ćwielong  48' Mlapa  87'	[31]	Grumann  45' Ilbay  70' Šimůnek  82' (o.g.)	Stadium: Leichtathletik-Platz am rewirpowerSTADION Referee: Sven Waschitzki (Essen)

17 April 2016 Friendly	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	6 – 3	VfL Bochum	Mönchengladbach
11:00	Hrgota  6', 51' Hofmann  11' Herrmann  19', 90' Hahn  28'	[32]	Ćwielong  8', 60' (pen.) Rafael  39'	Stadium: Borussia-Park Referee: Markus Wollenweber (Mönchengladbach)

2. Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
3	1. FC Nürnberg	34	19	8	7	68	41	+27	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	FC St. Pauli	34	15	8	11	45	39	+6	53
5	VfL Bochum	34	13	12	9	56	40	+16	51
6	Union Berlin	34	13	10	11	56	50	+6	49
7	Karlsruher SC	34	12	11	11	35	37	−2	47

Source: DFB
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	13	12	9	56	40	+16	51	7	7	3	31	19	+12	6	5	6	25	21	+4

Source: [33]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	W	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	W	A	H	A
Result	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W
Position	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	4	4	6	6	8	8	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5

Source: [34]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

26 July 2015 1	SC Paderborn 07	0 – 1	VfL Bochum	Paderborn
13:30		[35]	Haberer  61'	Stadium: Benteler Arena Attendance: 13,073 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

1 August 2015 2	VfL Bochum	3 – 0	MSV Duisburg	Bochum
13:00	Perthel  56' Bulut  68' Terodde  84'	[36]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 23,542 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

15 August 2015 3	SC Freiburg	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	Freiburg
13:00	Torrejón  82'	[37]	Bulut  65' Terodde  70', 75'	Stadium: Schwarzwald-Stadion Attendance: 23,500 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

23 August 2015 4	VfL Bochum	2 – 1	1. FC Nürnberg	Bochum
13:30	Terodde  37' Haberer  64'	[38]	Burgstaller  2'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 21,131 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

31 August 2015 5	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	TSV 1860 Munich	Bochum
20:15	Terodde  48'	[39]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,776 Referee: Frank Willenborg (Osnabrück)

11 September 2015 6	SV Sandhausen	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Sandhausen
18:30	Wooten  43' (pen.)	[40]	Bastians  4' (pen.)	Stadium: Hardtwaldstadion Attendance: 5,495 Referee: Wolfgang Stark (Ergolding)

18 September 2015 7	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Bochum
18:30	Hoogland  26'	[41]	van Duinen  90+2'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 27,561 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

22 September 2015 8	Arminia Bielefeld	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Bielefeld
17:30	Klos  81'	[42]	Terodde  28' (pen.)	Stadium: Alm Attendance: 16,720 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

25 September 2015 9	VfL Bochum	1 – 2	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
18:30	Mlapa  73'	[43]	Čolak  25' Piossek  29'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 21,164 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Hamburg)

3 October 2015 10	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	0 – 5	VfL Bochum	Fürth
13:00		[44]	Terodde  2', 54' Terrazzino  24' Röcker  31' (o.g.) Mlapa  90'	Stadium: Stadion am Laubenweg Attendance: 11,745 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

18 October 2015 11	VfL Bochum	0 – 1	RB Leipzig	Bochum
13:30		[45]	Sabitzer  65'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 20,704 Referee: Benjamin Brand (Bamberg)

23 October 2015 12	FSV Frankfurt	3 – 2	VfL Bochum	Frankfurt am Main
18:30	Dedić  68' Ballas  71' Kapllani  86'	[46]	Terodde  15' Hoogland  23'	Stadium: Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion Attendance: 5,341 Referee: Robert Kempter (Sauldorf)

30 October 2015 13	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	FC St. Pauli	Bochum
18:30	Terodde  12'	[47]	Kalla  10'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 25,914 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

6 November 2015 14	Karlsruher SC	3 – 0	VfL Bochum	Karlsruhe
18:30	Diamantakos  33' Yamada  47' Barry  77'	[48]		Stadium: Wildparkstadion Attendance: 15,600 Referee: Peter Sippel (Munich)

20 November 2015 15	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	1. FC Union Berlin	Bochum
18:30	Mlapa  13'	[49]	Kreilach  37'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 13,590 Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach)

27 November 2015 16	Eintracht Braunschweig	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Braunschweig
18:30	Khelifi  41'	[50]		Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 21,030 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

6 December 2015 17	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	1. FC Heidenheim	Bochum
13:30	Bulut  46'	[51]	Schnatterer  32'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 12,774 Referee: Michael Weiner (Giesen)

11 December 2015 18	VfL Bochum	4 – 0	SC Paderborn 07	Bochum
18:30	Mlapa  8', 10' Hoogland  31' Bastians  90+2'	[52]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 11,479 Referee: Christian Dietz (Kronach)

20 December 2015 19	MSV Duisburg	0 – 0	VfL Bochum	Duisburg
13:30		[53]		Stadium: Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Attendance: 22,351 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen)

5 February 2016 20	VfL Bochum	2 – 0	SC Freiburg	Bochum
18:30	Terrazzino  13' Hoogland  67'	[54]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,245 Referee: Robert Kampka (Mainz)

15 February 2016 21	1. FC Nürnberg	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Nuremberg
20:15	Erras  75'	[55]	Terrazzino  66'	Stadium: Frankenstadion Attendance: 24,355 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

21 February 2016 22	TSV 1860 Munich	1 – 1	VfL Bochum	Munich
13:30	Okotie  36'	[56]	Terrazzino  44'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 15,300 Referee: Markus Schmidt (Stuttgart)

27 February 2016 23	VfL Bochum	3 – 2	SV Sandhausen	Bochum
13:00	Eisfeld  10' Terodde  21', 78' (pen.)	[57]	Stolz  64' Bouhaddouz  72'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 12,209 Referee: Guido Winkmann (Kerken)

1 March 2016 24	Fortuna Düsseldorf	1 – 3	VfL Bochum	Düsseldorf
17:30	Sararer  19'	[58]	Terodde  63' Eisfeld  67' Haberer  73'	Stadium: Esprit Arena Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Benjamin Cortus (Röthenbach)

6 March 2016 25	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	Arminia Bielefeld	Bochum
13:30	Terodde  30', 90+6'	[59]	Ulm  48' (pen.) Nöthe  79'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 17,699 Referee: Tobias Welz (Wiesbaden)

14 March 2016 26	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Kaiserslautern
20:15		[60]	Terodde  48' (pen.), 90'	Stadium: Fritz-Walter-Stadion Attendance: 19,342 Referee: Patrick Ittrich (Hamburg)

20 March 2016 27	VfL Bochum	2 – 2	SpVgg Greuther Fürth	Bochum
13:30	Terodde  43' Rafael  90+1'	[61]	Gießelmann  12' Berisha  66'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 13,443 Referee: Robert Schröder (Hannover)

2 April 2016 28	RB Leipzig	3 – 1	VfL Bochum	Leipzig
13:00	Kaiser  51' Bruno  53', 63'	[62]	Losilla  88'	Stadium: Zentralstadion Attendance: 32,244 Referee: Benjamin Brand (Bamberg)

9 April 2016 29	VfL Bochum	4 – 1	FSV Frankfurt	Bochum
13:00	Bulut  24' Terodde  37' Eisfeld  49' Fabian  88'	[63]	Schahin  3'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 13,300 Referee: Knut Kircher (Rottenburg)

16 April 2016 30	FC St. Pauli	2 – 0	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
13:00	Picault  52', 65'	[64]		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,563 Referee: Florian Meyer (Burgdorf)

22 April 2016 31	VfL Bochum	1 – 1	Karlsruher SC	Bochum
18:30	Terodde  58'	[65]	Nazarov  87' (pen.)	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 14,463 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Bremen)

29 April 2016 32	1. FC Union Berlin	1 – 0	VfL Bochum	Berlin
18:30	Kessel  80'	[66]		Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Martin Petersen (Stuttgart)

8 May 2016 33	VfL Bochum	2 – 3	Eintracht Braunschweig	Bochum
15:30	Terodde  27', 34'	[67]	Holtmann  8' Bastians  56' (o.g.) Ademi  62'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 17,899 Referee: Robert Kempter (Sauldorf)

15 May 2016 34	1. FC Heidenheim	2 – 4	VfL Bochum	Heidenheim an der Brenz
15:30	Morabit  78', 90+1'	[68]	Terodde  1', 59', 67' (pen.) Terrazzino  56'	Stadium: Voith-Arena Attendance: 13,500 Referee: Patrick Alt (Heusweiler)

DFB-Pokal

9 August 2015 R1	FSV Salmrohr	0 – 5	VfL Bochum	Salmtal
14:30		[69]	Terodde  40', 49', 59' Terrazzino  64', 90+1'	Stadium: Salmtalstadion Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Patrick Schult (Hamburg)

27 October 2015 R2	VfL Bochum	1 – 0	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Bochum
20:30	Löwe  67' (o.g.)	[70]		Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 18,514 Referee: Günter Perl (Pullach)

16 December 2015 R3	TSV 1860 Munich	0 – 2	VfL Bochum	Munich
20:30		[71]	Haberer  39' Hoogland  44'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 19,800 Referee: Marco Fritz (Korb)

10 February 2016 QF	VfL Bochum	0 – 3	FC Bayern Munich	Bochum
20:30		[72]	Lewandowski  39', 90' Thiago  61'	Stadium: rewirpowerSTADION Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

Squad

Squad, appearances and goals scored

As of 15 May 2016

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		2. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Andreas Luthe	16	0	16	0	0	0
2	MF		Tim Hoogland	37	5	33	4	4	1
3	DF		Giliano Wijnaldum	9	0	7	0	2	0
4	DF		Malcolm Cacutalua	12	0	11	0	1	0
5	DF		Felix Bastians	35	2	31	2	4	0
6	DF		Jan Šimůnek	8	0	6	0	2	0
7	MF		Selim Gündüz	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Anthony Losilla	36	1	32	1	4	0
9	FW		Nando Rafael	8	1	8	1	0	0
10	MF		Marco Terrazzino	34	7	31	5	3	2
11	FW		Michael Gregoritsch (until 24 July 2015)	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF		Arvydas Novikovas (since 24 July 2015)	15	0	15	0	0	0
13	MF		Thomas Eisfeld (since 21 August 2015)	29	3	26	3	3	0
14	FW		Peniel Mlapa (since 7 August 2015)	31	5	28	5	3	0
15	FW		Cagatay Kader	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Gökhan Gül	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Tobias Weis	6	0	4	0	2	0
18	DF		Jan Gyamerah	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF		Patrick Fabian (captain)	33	1	29	1	4	0
20	MF		Piotr Ćwielong	3	0	3	0	0	0
21	DF		Stefano Celozzi	38	0	34	0	4	0
22	FW		Simon Terodde	37	28	33	25	4	3
23	FW		Janik Haberer	37	4	33	3	4	1
24	DF		Timo Perthel	29	1	25	1	4	0
25	MF		Onur Bulut	35	4	31	4	4	0
26	MF		Görkem Sağlam	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	MF		Michaël Maria	9	0	9	0	0	0
28	DF		Frederik Lach	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Julian Stock (until 3 September 2015)	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		David Niepsuj	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	MF		Tom Baack	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK		Felix Dornebusch	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	GK		Manuel Riemann	22	0	18	0	4	0
34	FW		Vangelis Pavlidis	1	0	1	0	0	0
35	MF		Roman Zengin	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF		Henrik Gulden (until 1 February 2016, between 19 August 2015 and 31 December 2015 on loan at Mjøndalen IF)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Transfers

As of 2 February 2016

Summer

In: No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  GER Tim Hoogland (from Fulham F.C.)[73] 3 DF  NED Giliano Wijnaldum (from Go Ahead Eagles)[74] 9 FW  ANG Nando Rafael (Free agent)[75] 11 FW  AUT Michael Gregoritsch (from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, previously on loan)[76] 11 FW  LTU Arvydas Novikovas (from FC Erzgebirge Aue)[77] 13 MF  GER Thomas Eisfeld (from Fulham F.C., previously on loan)[78] 14 FW  GER Peniel Mlapa (from Borussia Mönchengladbach, previously on at 1. FC Nürnberg)[79] 15 FW  GER Cagatay Kader (from VfL Bochum U-19) 17 MF  GER Tobias Weis (from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, previously on loan)[80] 23 FW  GER Janik Haberer (on loan from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim)[81] 28 DF  GER Frederik Lach (from VfL Bochum U-19) 30 DF  POL David Niepsuj (from VfL Bochum II) 31 MF  GER Tom Baack (from VfL Bochum U-17) 33 GK  GER Manuel Riemann (from SV Sandhausen)[82] 34 MF  GRE Vangelis Pavlidis (from VfL Bochum U-17) 35 MF  GER Roman Zengin (from VfL Bochum U-19)

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  GER Fabian Holthaus (to Fortuna Düsseldorf)[83] 5 DF  GER Heiko Butscher (retired)[84][85] 9 FW  SVK Stanislav Šesták (to Ferencvárosi TC)[85][86][87] 10 MF  JPN Yusuke Tasaka (to Kawasaki Frontale)[85][88] 11 FW  AUT Michael Gregoritsch (to Hamburger SV)[89] 14 MF  BIH Adnan Zahirović (to Hapoel Acre F.C.)[85][90] 15 DF  GER Nicolas Abdat (to VfL Wolfsburg II)[85][91] 16 MF  TUR Ridvan Balci (to Schwarz-Weiß Essen) 18 MF  GER Danny Latza (to 1. FSV Mainz 05)[85][92] 28 FW  GER Joel Reinholz (released)[85] 29 MF  GER Julian Stock (released)[93] 31 GK  GER Michael Esser (to SK Sturm Graz)[85][94] 33 FW  FIN Mikael Forssell (released)[95] 35 MF  GER Gazi Siala (to BSV Schwarz-Weiß Rehden)[96] 37 DF  GER Erdinc Karakas (to FC Schalke 04 U-19)[97] 38 GK  GER Marius Weeke (to SC Wiedenbrück)[98] 39 MF  NOR Henrik Gulden (on loan to Mjøndalen IF)[99] 41 FW  RUS Laurynas Kulikas (to Hamburger SV II)[100]

Winter

In: No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: No. Pos. Nation Player 39 MF  NOR Henrik Gulden (to Rot-Weiss Essen, previously on loan at Mjøndalen IF)[101][102][103]

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External links

• 2015–16 VfL Bochum season at Weltfussball.de (in German)
• 2015–16 VfL Bochum season at kicker.de (in German)
• 2015–16 VfL Bochum season at Fussballdaten.de (in German)